Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Story development documents · Core

Synopsis

Also called: story summary

ELI5

A prose summary of a story, with detail determined by the requested length and purpose.

Used in conversation

“Let’s review the synopsis on both screen and PDF.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Synopsis” in pitch materials & presentation design conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Tells you what document, visual asset or file someone is asking for or reviewing.

Connected terms

  • OutlineA synopsis summarises the story; an outline exposes its causal structure in more detail.
  • Story treatmentA synopsis compresses the story; a story treatment tells it more fully in prose and often conveys experience, tone and progression.
  • Short synopsisComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.